My bees survived the winter! - First hive inspection of the year
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- I'm so happy that both my bee hives have survived the winter. In this video I open up the bee hives and take a look inside.
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Seeing your bees alive and healthy makes me happy! Thank you for sharing your beekeeping journey with us.
Thanks for watching :)
@Just Alex you should plant some flowers for them
You should put a second brood box on both. The queen is running out of space to lay, and a swarm is inevitable. A super isn't going to prevent it. If you don't want to split them give them another box, or start watching the trees, because that's where they are going.
Coming to say the same thing.
Double the brood, double the super, double the honey.
I really hope he takes the good advice he gets in the comments from experienced keepers. He only seems to reply to comments praising his videography.
@@ev1677 If you have a look at another of his videos where it's a bit in the future, this hive swarms twice I believe, so you were right!
How can you know when to put on another brood box?
I can easily see you becoming the new known voice for nature documentaries. I hope your channel and support continues to grow!
Your passion is infectious, thanks for everything.
I'm a beekeeper and have been loving your bee videos and I hope you have great success in your operation. And also I must say your queens are great they have great brood patterns
Could not click fast enough Alex. I sat here for most of this video with my mouth wide open. Facinating mate. You have a talent of being able to make EVERY video something you want to watch without skipping! Nice Job Sir! Again.......
Glad you enjoyed it! :)
Hey Alex, just found your channel and watched your day 1-365 video and honestly you've inspired me. Watching your videos gave me an appreciation for bees that I'd never had, and watching your colonies grow and thrive has made me decide to begin working towards my first hive. Thanks for all you do, hope to see more videos soon
Mate, I recommend watching all Alex's content. This guy is absolutely amazing!
What if I say something mematic here and not serious.
🥛This is milk :D
@@Cringeneth ahh yes and this is blank space
same here!!
Same😂
UA-cam randomly showed your first beekeeping video to me and I clicked and watched the full almost 2 hours of it. It has definitely peaked my interest in beekeeping, and I signed up for a local class to learn more!
Currently doing a beginners beekeeping course and they told us to not buy leather gloves for multiple reasons but the main one being hygiene. You can’t get them properly clean and can easily move diseases between hives.
I wash mine in washing machine and have several pair. I do not like getting my hands stung and also over time developed a bee venom allergy.
Yeah they are really hard to clean so I don’t bother doing it. If I had bees in a separate place I would probably use different gloves to prevent disease spread.
Just put rubber gloves over the top, then you can change them between hives and it keeps your leather ones clean
You can steralize them in an instapot pretty easily.
I use surgical or medical gloves and they not sting my hands through them. Try it.
Your bee series has such a good vibe. So much knowledge and so much appreciation of nature.
in New Zealand I am just putting my bees to bed for winter and yours are just waking up :) You definitely have a good start to the season there! In the spring I don't wear gloves when I check my hives and I have never had to smoke them. Just because they are all over the frames it does not mean they are going to sting you - just don't wear overly strong deodorant etc (or eat bananas just before you check them!)
Bananas is very specific...
@@TlagarhaniCentral When there is danger the bees will spread a pheromone, which contains isopentyl acetate. This smells exactly like bananas. If they smell this pheromone the bees will get more aggressive and are more likely to sting. That's why it's better to not eat bananas 😅
Hello Alex, I love your videos. I am a beekeeper in the state of Tennessee in the United States. One way I have discovered to store my frames and keep them free of wax moths is place cedar shavings on top of the frames if you store them stacked on top of each other in supers.
I'm sure you've found out by now, but putting your empty frames in the freezer for a few days before you store them, will kill off any wax moth eggs or other pests that would degrade the wax. Once they've been frozen, storing them in a sealed plastic tub will prevent any new moths from finding them and laying more eggs, and you just need a suitable desiccant in the tub to stop them going mouldy before it's time to return them to the hives.
Also, an adjustable entrance on your hive means you can open it wide when there's a lot of movement, and close it up to suit when they're less active. Having bees waiting their turn or struggling to get through the front door reduces their efficiency.
Thanks for sharing your experiences with different things you do. Watching your videos is very educating and relaxing at the same time. Hope you get a lot of honey this year:)
After every video I plan to start doing an own and bigger project of the topic... they'r great :)
Running out of time, won't watch the fungi videos ...
Yeyyy!! Super pleased your bees made it thru the long harsh winter! Alex, you're so inspiring and really confident now, it's much better learning from You than the books, as it's all gained from your own learnings ..Honestly, watching a bee being born was amazing, hope you're feeling like a pround Dad right now!! Oooh, nearly forgot, glad you've got some proper gloves 😅😊 can't wait to see your next adventures! Take care 😊
Thanks! 😊😊😊
Awesome! Glad to see them thriving after the winter 🐝
Magic, your beekeeping just like your filming goes from strength to strength. Seeing that worker bee emerging and being cleaned and welcomed into the hive was a great piece of film
Amazing to see the worker hatch. Really interesting to see the different-looking worker and drone cells / brood. I remember the very large queen cells from last year's videos.
Keeping bees is just a great thing to do so interesting and every coloney are different as is the honey.Keep up the good work alex great channel
Your content is above and beyond anything on youtube! this was a treat to watch, thank you so much for sharing this experience.
I’m a Canadian beekeeper-well I just started, I’ve also had my first over winter success!!!
When I visit my best friend in the UK I’m determined to come meet you and see your bees!
Congratulations on your over winter success!
I'm always so happy to watch your videos Alex! I can't wait to see your channel grow and get exposed to more people. Thank you for such wholesome content!
i've just watched your beekeeping journey and i'm so happy the lil bees survived this winter!
These videos are so informative and entertaining. Absolutely love catching up on your bee keeper exploits. If anything it more realistic and better than you list the 1st couple of Queens to swarming when you were away.
My favourite series from your channel which made me follow and come along with your journey. Same as everyone you get me so inspired to do new things and travel the world 🌎 keep it up Alex! I’m looking forward to starting my 🐝 hive as well this year 😄
Don’t know why YT algorithm recommended this channel but I’m glad it did. What a thoroughly nice, industrious, informative young man. A credit to his family!
Hi Alex, im a 3rd generation beekeper from Serbia. It is my full time job with about 2500 bee hives. You are doing great! Thumbs up and keep it going!
Thanks good luck to you too.
Hey Alex, I've just started doing a beekeeping course with my local beekeeping association, and I can't begin to describe how helpful and great this video has been. It has really helped cement what I've learnt so far. I can't wait to learn more and hopefully start up my own hive soon. Watching your videos is going to be a great help. I am looking forward to seeing more videos of your hives 😊
Youre videos about Beekeeping really made me change my mind about those little fellas. From hating then to having an admiration for them. Bees are cute ^^
Looking hap-hap-happy Alex. Congrats on your bee colony.
I'm so happy that your bees are healthy and alive oh and happy Easter 🎉
Watching from Canada 🇨🇦 very invested in seeing how your bee journey continues!! Have loved watching all your videos so far! Good luck this season!
I have a friend who hives in his garden. He’s very experienced. Starts with one brood box, then adds another one as the hive increases. Then a super box on top of them.
i swear everytime i click on one of alexs videos it feels like im catching up with a friend
Your enjoyment of your bees makes me want to keep some. thank you for sharing your experience.
You seem like such a nice guy, Alex. This was a great video. I'm learning so much from you about bees!
Love your videos, Alex. You have such empathy with the bees.
You've inspired me to take on my own bee adventure! i have two hives set up in a community garden near where i live, and i'll be going to check on them this weekend, as well as attempt to mark my queens!
That's a wake-up call. I thought Winter made them MOVE away. You good farmer you! Congratulations!
Alex I love watching your videos it helps me learn while you do. I have watched the 365 days of bee keeping video and also your previous videos, keep up the good work. Love from USA 🇺🇸.
What an amazing creatures they are! Good to see your hive survived the winter, good luck on the hives this year Alex!
A friend of mine in New Hampshire is just starting into bee keeping so shared your vids with her. 😁👍🏻
congrats on the bees surviving winter alex! i just found your channel recently and watching your bee journey has made me want to get my first colony too! best wishes to you and your bees
They're doing so well! You'll want another box for them soon, and consider a honey box. ❤ the hive is extremely strong and if you keep giving them all the love and care you have, they'll make plenty that you can share some for yourself.
Well done Carl, your bees are growing in number and the honey you will have will prove very productive.
i love seeing these videos with check ups on the bees and other things you do now and then :)
Thank you! ✨💕
I love this channel for the bees so cool seeing how far this guy has come
"go on son I mean daughter, you can push" had me wheezing so badddds🤣🤣🤣🤣
Your bee videos are much more informative than all the others I've seen, many thanks.
Hey Alex this video has just brought me out of a cycle of bad thoughts and staying in bed feeling sorry for myself so Thankyou for your wholesome content and goofy nature, you’re a cool dude
everything you do on your channel is just pure endorfines for me, looks so peaceful and lovely
Greetings from Latvia!
I really enjoy your channel.
Also checked my 7 hives a week ago, and all hives were healthy.
Well done Alex and thank you for teaching and inspiring me to do more outdoor activities
Just starting my beekeeping journey & having a crack at UA-cam while I’m at it. This inspires me…love it!
Bees are so special, im so glad yours are getting along great.
It looks like you are off to a great start, Alex! I'm happy to see your bees thrived through winter. Thanks for another interesting video. Cheers!
That was so interesting, thank you. Must be great to watch the progress and eventually gather honey!
Hello from the states.
Same
It's always a delight to see Alex post another wonderful video ❤️😊
Alex I hope you like looking after your bees 😊
I love your channel.
It is enjoyable and chill.
Good luck with all your endeavours
😊💚
Great video Alex very informative and enjoyed watching. Wishing you great success with your bees🐝🐝🐝🐝
Very very good. Well done. I think it's amazing that you have taught yourself in such little time.
I love your content it makes me want bees also congrats on 250k you earned it!
I didn't realise that bee keeping can be so interesting. I'm scared of them but couldn't stop watching. Keep up the good work.
If you are nice to them they are nice to you :)
Bloody excellent channel. Glad you are being so successful in all you are doing!
Great to hear they survived, now to get the little blighters working hard.
I love your videos! And I’m glad you bees survived and are nice and healthy
Glad to see your bees happy and healthy after the winter.
Hi Alex, really nice content you have about your bees, those hives look strong and the queens look like they are laying well.
You will be in for a busy year, good luck 🐝
I always excited when he uploads about the bees or the plants
Hey, i just wanna say youre really inspirational and because of you i am interested in beekeeping and growing food for myself. Keep up the good work
Fantastic video Alex! Great to see your bee's are doing well. Cheers
I always look forward to your beekeeping videos! So interesting
New gloves... well done! Don't be fooled though, you can still get stung through those gloves - I have been, a couple of times. But they are much better than the rubber gloves you were using before😉 Judging by how many bees were still in the brood box when you inspected, and also how close to the outer frames the queen is laying the eggs, I would suggest that you would be best to do a split now, don't wait - even if there's no queen cell in there, it would only take them a few days to construct one, and you'd probably miss it, unless you do another inspection in a few days' time. Also, the size of the frames you are using in the super are small, and it will take next to no time for the bees to fill it. As a suggestion, I would put full depth frames in the super, as you will get a greater harvest (🤞), and also means that they would have a greater reserve of natural honey for winter, which would mean that you wouldn't have to supply quite so much supplement during winter. Remember Alex, it's all about the bees, not us. The honey is a bonus, not a given!
Picking up my bees today! your videos inspired me.
Looking forward to the updates and progress this summer!!
Love The bee keeping content Alex!
Hey Alex. Loving your content. I don't have space to try beekeeping but love the idea. I have seen a lot of stuff and found the videos from Central Beekeepers Supply to be extremely beneficial. They are a multi generational beekeeping family. Per their videos, you can't stop a swarm. Bees will swarm. What you can do is slow it and somewhat control it, so you can split them or take other action. But you can't stop them, it's in their DNA. Best of luck. I hope you find another place to keep more bees and you can split your hives and keep on multiplying.
I want to start bee keeping so bad just because of you!
Great to hear the bees are happy and healthy…I’m fascinated with progress so keep us updated and it will be interesting to see if you manage to get more hives operational this year… 👍 what’s the latest with those pesky mites, still under control?
Just finished a binge of your channel, this is literally the channel I didn't know I needed - B
I've been binge watching your beekeeping videos over the past few days and I absolutely love the content and how informative you present it. Your one year of beekeeping video was especially a joy to watch as I am in the process of starting up my own back yard apiary, which is how I found your channel, and I'm currently at the stage where Ive got my hive, but have yet to get any bees. Seeing you learn how to be a beekeeper has definitely helped me, especially in the department of feeling more comfortable with the idea of being up close and personal with them. I know right? Why would someone who doesn't feel comfortable being around most flying insects even take up beekeeping? 😅 But my fascination with them and the benefits of keeping them definitely seems worth getting past that discomfort.
Anyways, thank you for the content and I can't wait to see more as you release it!
Glad your bees got through the winter Alex . Nice video too
Great job Alex! Your beekeeping endeavor is coming along nicely!
That's brilliant Alex, looks like it'll be a good year on the honey front.
Hey Alex, I'm in my second year off beekeeping, i first started with one hive in my first month then got another 2 hives by 6 months of my first year of beekeeping the colonies i got them from the wild( Forest), now i have ten huge hives, i made splits in my first year from the three i i skipped a season without taking any honey so they stay strong when i did the splits, i live in Seychelles, we do get winter, and we have two honey season in a year, great videos keep up the Good work!
Fantastic content. Stumbled across your Bee keeping videos purely by accident. However they are fascinating. Keep the bee videos coming. Very very interesting to follow 🐝🐝🐝
Can’t believe how fast ur channnel has grown I remember when the video came out of you and Alex splitting and now your on 270k subscribers crazy!
Love the yellow crown Queen. Thank you.
Great job Alex! Congratulations on an over winter success. No sign of Varroa or FB healthy looking hive
Thank you so much for sharing ypur vids. I love your vids. I just became a new beekeeper. I only have had them for a week. I have learned so much from your vids. Pls keep them coming. And thanks again.
Hugely informative vid Alex. Really enjoyed it
Amazing video Alex! It seriously cheered me right up. Glad to see the bees are healthy!
I put my Bees in their Hive today. Just got them Today. Got inspired by your 1 Year Bee Keeping and now Im a bee keeper my self :D
Accidentally liked this video twice. You might be my fav ytber atm 😂😂 keep up the great work
The bees are back! Can’t wait to see how much honey you get this year!
Lovely to see your bees have survived- hope they continue to thrive!🐝🐝
hey that rhymed wow
Glad your bees made it through Winter, Al!